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Show THE HOME. I Edited by Mfss Hazel Love, A. C.U. THE FARMER'S WIFE. ' ' i- ' The most important individual on the farm is not usually the farmer, but his wife. She rather than her husband is the true house-band. If the husband dies, sad as that event must necessarily be, she can at least hold the family together. If she dies while her children arc small 'the place must be occupied by another (a dangerous dan-gerous experiment at best), or the family 'must be scattered. Shais not only the most important, but ordinarily the hardest wo'rkrd person in the family. In addition to the cares of the house she has the cares of maternity and the molding of the character of the children. She must in addition provide three meal" tiday for a family of hungry men and growing boys and girls with appetites insatiable. Too often she makes and tends the garden, something, which should not be permitted unless she so desires and has the time and strength for the work. She has the main care of the poultry, of which she is ordinarily ordi-narily the only pcrsop capable, to-say nothing of the -care of milk and butter. but-ter. She has too often fewer labor-saving labor-saving devices than the. farmer, and has vastly more 'difficulty in securing secur-ing help than he docs. How she manages to do it all has been a matter of wonder to us for something like sixty years. We hayc therefore, little patience with men who criticize swecpingly the cooking done on the farm. We have in the last three months been in the best hotels of twenty or more cities an'1 in many dining cars;. but yc have not found anything anywhere quite, so satisfying as we have ojten found in farm homes, even when we were an unexpected tUQ3t. ,& On thcbtlfec l&nd, jwcjfcavc eaten in farm homes where the meal was ladly planned, badly cooked, and badly served. The saddest case is where the farmer's wife docs not know that her cooking is bad. In this case she was probably not taught as a girl how to cook, perhaps has an inborn dislike for cooking, regards it as mere drudgery, and does not want to learn. In this case the husband and children are to bn pitied. In most cases, however, we believe that the poor woman docs the best she can under the circumstances. Taxed beyond be-yond her strength, worried with peevish peev-ish or fretful children, she selects mostly what can be prepared for the table and served with the least work, and lets it go at that. Can we blame her? J How can her burden be made lighter? This is one of the hardest problems. The husband can do much. He can relieve her not only of the milking, but of the care of the milk. The husband who docs not do that is out of date in the present civilization. He can provide her with all the labor-saving appliances appli-ances possible. If she docs not insist in-sist on that, she is not doing her duty by him. He can rearrange the house, if necessary, to save "her steps. If he has a quarter section farm he can so arrange his rotation and his methods of farming as to have the work for hired a man the year round, build a house and hire a married man, and thus secure for the wife willing help in time of need. She herself can 'do much. She can teach her daughters to help her while they arc small; teach them that a girl who can not cook and keep house well ought not to think of marriage. She can take a pride in her own cooking cook-ing and thus relieve it of much of its drudgery. She can teach her sons to be helpful to her in the kitchen and the rest of the house, so that they can prepare a meal in an emergency and help her prepare one when help is wanting. If she docs, her future daughters-in-law will rise up and call her blessed. No boy is fit to marry who cannot make coffee, cook a beef v5tcHk or eggs, makc'ttgisteand tea, and set a table neatly. She can aid in developing in the neighborhood the - sentiment that the preparation of wholesome food for the fjtmily is not only the , iost necessary but the most respect; Me work op the farm. This more than anything else will help co solve the" 'vexed hired' jjfrf problem. In other words she Cu.:, like the apostle Paul, magnify her office. The state 'can do much. " TlTc caughtcrs of the farm home arc entitled en-titled in colleges schools and institutes institu-tes to instruction in domestic economy, econ-omy, as the boys arc in com or stock judging or ordinary farming operations. opera-tions. Time will eventually do the rest. f Ie arc to have better farming in the tuTurc than our fatlicrs and mothers Mi' dreamed of. ' Better farming means better living, better homes more conviences in the farm home, a more satisfying cbuntry life, a bct- tcr appreciation dfthc fact that the - farmer's wife is the most important 1 Srifon on the farm. In the mcan-ti'mfc mcan-ti'mfc when the farmer's wife fails, as slid sometimes docs, Sympathize with I b$r Hind' lielp her. She will endure more and make greater sacrifices for her loved ones than any other pcr-$dn pcr-$dn oh' the fnrm.-Ex-. " ' ' ' ; ' - RECIPES. " n t, ' CREAM SOUPS. Cream of Tomato: Tomatoes can, t (jt. milk 4 tb butter, 4 tb flour, I 1 t salt, pepper, half t soda, 1 tb sugar. Cream of Potato : 3 potndes, 1 qt. milk, 3 tb butter, 3 tb flguri t salt, pepper, ' onion bncifoifrthM' parsley t. Cream of Celery: 3 c celery, 1 pi. water 2c milk, 3 tb butter,. 4 tb flour 1 t salt, pepper. Split Pea: 2 c peas, Vi qt. water, 2 c milk, 3 tb butter, 3 tb flour, pepper, pep-per, V2 t salt, half lb. salt pork. Bean: 2 c beans, xi water, 2 c I milk, 3 tb butter, 3 tb flour, 'pepper, 1 154 t Salt, half lb. salt pork. ' ' I Cream of Com: Corn 1 can, 1 qt I milk, 4 tb butler, 4 tb flour, 1 t salt, 1 poppc. ' ' 1 V ' 4i I Cream of Pea: Same as Cream, of I Corn. I Croutons. 6 slices of stale bread cut" one-fourth fncli thick. Butter bread and cut in cubes and place in dripper in oven until golden brown, or they may be browned in deep fat. Imperial Sticks. Butter slices of bread and cut in sticks and brown same as croutons. May be sprinkled wjth grated cheese. Boston Baked Beans. 1 qt. dry beans, 3 tb sugar, 1 tb salt, 1 c boiling boil-ing water, 1 tb molasses, half lb. salt pork. 1. Soak beans over night. 2. Cook on Lack of stove, skin must not be, broken. 3. Drain and put into a bean jar. 4. Mix salt, sugnr, molasses mo-lasses and boiling water. 5. Scald and scrape pork then scour rind. 6. Acid pork to bean jar with just top of "rind showing. 7. Pour over it the liquid preparation. Cover closely and bake 6 to 7 hours. Ccrcl. Allow 4 c water to 1 cream of wheat, 3. c water to 1 c quakcr oats, 2 c water to 1 c Twin Bros. mush. Heat water to boiling, carefully stir in mulsh and boil 5 minutes. Place over hot water and cook i hours. Pop-overs. 1 c flour, 1 c milk, one-fourth one-fourth t salt, 2 eggs. 1. Mix dry ingredients. in-gredients. 2. Beat eggs and add milk and gradually add to No. 1, yhen smooth batter, beat ithpn ' Dover egg beater five minutes. I'out into hissing hot cups. Fill two-thirds full. Bake 45 to 60 minutes in quick OVQIl. Muffins. One-fourth c butter, three-fourth three-fourth c milk, one-fourth c sugar, 2 c flour, 1 egg, 3 t baking powedr, 1 t salt. 1. Cream butter add sugnr ciicam. 2. Beat egg well and add to Noi. 3. Sifjf flour, salt and bak-itvg bak-itvg powder. Add to No. 1 alternating alternat-ing with milk. Bake (in buttered gem pans twenty minutes. jBaking Powder Biscuits. 2c flour, 2jtb lard, 3 t baking powder, 2 tb butter, 1 t salt, 1 t sugar, milk two-thirds two-thirds c. 1. Mix and sift dry in- gredicnts. 2. Rub in shorting. 3. Carefully add milk to make a 'soft dough, using a spoon. Turn out on floured board and toss lightly until sucicicnUy mixed. Roll one-fourth inch thick. 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